{"id":6725,"date":"2010-08-10T23:36:03","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T15:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=6725"},"modified":"2010-08-10T23:36:03","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T15:36:03","slug":"1malaysia-logo-use-and-meaning-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2010\/08\/10\/1malaysia-logo-use-and-meaning-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"1Malaysia logo use and meaning explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was surprised to read this <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themalaysianinsider.com\/malaysia\/article\/najib-outlines-guidelines-to-use-1-malaysia-name\/\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a><\/strong>, so I checked the source at 1Malaysia <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.1malaysia.com.my\/9417-responding-to-comments-the-usage-of-1malaysia-name-and-logo#readmore\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a><\/strong> itself.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak says there is no restriction on using the \u201c1 Malaysia\u201d name as long as it is according to the guidelines provided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFirstly, those who wish to use the 1 Malaysia symbol (logo), must use the official logo design.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis means the 1 Malaysia font must be applied and the text \u2018Malaysia\u2019 at the bottom is to be included.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe number \u20181\u2019 can be filled with the company logo and other similar styles. Those are permitted,\u201d he said in reply to a question posted by Asman on his blog www.1Malaysia.com.my.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asman had asked the prime minister on the usage of the 1 Malaysia name and whether it was allowed to be used for an online game that his friend had developed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Najib also asked that the application of \u201c1 Malaysia\u201d adhere to the aspirational values of the concept.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFor instance, a product or service must be of quality, and present positive features. Other than that, if it is for a company name, the name \u20181 Malaysia\u2019 must be registered with the Registrar of Companies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Najib hopes the use of \u201c1Malaysia\u201d reflects all the good characters that he had mentioned, including efficiency, excellence, meritocracy and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSo that \u20181Malaysia\u2019 is not abused, but instead is validated in its appearance as well as in its spirit,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u2013 Bernama<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Remember, 1Malaysia is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2010\/08\/03\/which-is-which-1malaysia\/\" target=\"_blank\">supposed to be based on constitution<\/a><\/strong> which is not meritocracy in nature due to the &#8220;privileges&#8221; and &#8220;special position&#8221; of certain section of the community which leads to &#8220;affirmative action&#8221; (discrimination in another view). But the statement above says the opposite. So, I&#8217;m not clear on what it means. Maybe selective meritocracy or partial meritocracy? Still remain confusing a bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was surprised to read this report, so I checked the source at 1Malaysia blog itself. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak says there is no restriction on using the \u201c1 Malaysia\u201d name as long as it is according to the guidelines provided. \u201cFirstly, those who wish to use the 1 Malaysia symbol (logo), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[254,122],"class_list":["post-6725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borninmalaysia","tag-1malaysia","tag-najib-tun-razak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6730,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6725\/revisions\/6730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}